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back in 1913. (The barn has beca moved, as a ‘movie shrine, to Paramount Studio.) ‘The second street you come to is Sunset Blyd. But if it's Samurday, or Sunday, you aight welt leave the studios for another trip and, instead, board the Sunset bus heading east. Get « transfer and at Vermont Ave. change to Grifith Park Ob- secvatory bus heading north to the: hills. (This bus runs infrequently and you must catch it at 2:30 p.m to make the 3:30 planetarium show, or at 8 o'clock for the 8:30 show). ‘The bus takes you to: GRIFFITH PLANETARIUM This establishment is ‘one of the only four of its kind in the U. S. Tt is perched on a shoulder of the Hollywood Moun- tains in Grifith Park, 4226 acres of natural wood- land stocked with deer and quail. Hours are 2 to 10 pam. on the two days mentioned. ‘The planetarium is an intricate arrangement of lights and mirrors casting a replica of the heavens con the ceiling of the big dome in which you sit. ‘The Sun rises and sets, stars pass overhead, seasons ‘change, a century passes—and an. astronomer ex- pplains how all this happens up in the skies. Shows are given at 30 and 8.30 pan. (Ge to serve men). Ottier spectacular exhibits include: Pendulum which defies the turn of the Earth. Plaster model ‘of section of Moon (so big that if there were a Man dn the Moon you could coune’his whiskers) with lights and shadows playing over mountain ranges just as in the sky. A 12-inch telescope through which you may look at stars and planets, Sun- telescope that shows up Sun-spots. Busses retura at intervals between 4:55 and 10 p.m. ‘Take bus back to Sunset Blvd., and sransfer to Sunset bus for downtown area. Nore: Avoid use of rush hour transportation. JAUNT NQ. 3 Minimum time 4 hours (Planetarium 1% hours exira), Street car and bus fore 406 From Visitors Bureau walk east (to the left) block and a half and turn north on Hill St. A block and a half north, at Subway Terminal, board Hollywood Blvd. street car. Sundays take car on Hill St. On the right is Echo Park with the long lake (boats for rent.) Just beyond, at right, is: ANGELUS TEMPLE This big domed building is the home of the Rey. Aimee Semple McPherson's Church af the Foursquare Gospel; the statue in front is of Mrs. McPherson. Service men welcome to services and guides take you through temple and church buildings 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m, daily except Sunday. Street car turns onto Sunset Blvd. heading for Hollywood. Where it branches off onto Hollywood Blvd., watch at the left—there's a movie studio, Talisman Pictures. Ride street car_on through downtown Holly- wood, and get off in front of: GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATER This is the masterpiece of the famous showman, Sid Grau- man. Great piceures have had their glittering premieres here, and on premiere night it is tra- ditional that stirs leave their prints in soft cement in the foyer. You will find: Bill Hart's hands, feet, and six-guas Harold Lioyd’s hands, feet, and eye glasses; John Barrymore's hands, feet, and profile; Sonja Henie’s hands, feet, and skate tracks; Rita Hayworth’s hands and feet; Clark Gable's hands, feet, and the No. 11's he's ‘marchiag in with the Army now. From theater walk east (to the left) on: Number @ All-Year Club’s SIGHTSEEING JAUNTS FOR SERVICE MEN (Hollywood) ‘This is one of nine handy jaunts to famous attrac- tions—prepared by. the Visitors Bureau of the All-Year Club, official tourist organization for Southern California, sos W. 6th Street (Los Angeles) 3 doors west of Pershing Square. Call there for Others in this series, for Souvenir Sight- seeing Map and other special, five services. We hope they will encourage you to plan now for a vacation here after the war. HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD This is “Main Street" to the movie people. We suggest a stroll afoot for about three-quarters of 2 mile. ‘That's the way to sce Hollywood. ‘hat tall building a block to the west of the theater is the Hollywood Roosevelt Hote! with its famous “Blossom Room.” On the feft as you walk on a block of 30 is the Hollywood Hote, early home of many silent screen stars. Across the street in the next block is another of Sid Graumaa’s earlier ventures in spectacular show- houses, the Grauman’s Egyptian Theater, also with unusual foyer. ‘You walk past swank stores, cafes, night clubs, where movie people shop, eat, and play. This is the boulevard of the spectacular “Christmas Tree Lane” when it is decorated with brilliant toy Xmas trees and a star rides a wheeled sleigh down its length every night. You may be rubbing elbows here with future movie stars; beautiful young women have gone up to fame from jobs as wait- resses on the boulevard. There are plenty of heart- aches along its length, too. On Cahuenga (be- ween Hollywood and Sunset boulevards) you find 2 USO headquarters. Then you come to: HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD AND VINE STREET This is the heart of movietowa, It is also che oon centration of the movie colony's night life. Names here are famous for film night entertainment “Ie” Cafe, Brown Derby, Radio Room, Sugar Hill Sardi’, Hangover, Mike Lyman's. Turn right and walk south on Vine Street. In second block at the leit is establishment of Otto K. Olesen, who built up the unusual specialty of supplying lights in the great variety needed by the movie industry—tearchlights, Kleigs, floods, any- thing. And this is the site of the famous litde old barn where Cecil B. De Mille made “The Squaw Man,” Hollywood's first feature-length picture,

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